| 单词 | rosary pea |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrosary pea rosary pea n. the jequirity, Abrus precatorius, a tropical leguminous plant (family Fabaceae); the red and black seed of this, often used as a bead; cf. prayer bead n. 2. ΚΠ 1834 Miller's Dict. Gardening, Bot. & Agric. at Abrus Common Rosary Pea (A. precatorius, Willdenow). 1964 Sci. News Let. 24 Oct. 268/3 Rosary peas grow in flat, brown pods on perennial woody vines which can twist and climb on other plants to a height of 20 feet. 1994 Canad. Geographic July 50/3 A person can be killed by just half a milligram of abrin, found in the seed of the rosary pea (Abrus precatorius) which grows in the tropics. < as lemmas |
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